kål

See also: kal, kaal, kál, kaļ, ką̊l, and -kál

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

kål

Wikipedia ^da

Alternative forms

• Kaal

Etymology

From Old Danish kaal, from Old Norse kál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

kål c (singular definite kålen, plural indefinite kål)

1. cabbage, kale

Inflection

Declension of kål

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kål	kålen	kål	kålene
genitive	kåls	kålens	kåls	kålenes

Derived terms

• blomkål
• brunkål
• glaskål
• grønkål
• grønlangkål
• hvidkål
• kinakål
• kålroe
• palmekål
• rosenkål
• rødkål
• savojkål
• skvalderkål
• sortkål
• spidskål
• strandkål
• surkål

References

• “kål” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

kål

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology

From Old Norse kál n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːɽ/, /koːl/
• Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen, uncountable)

1. cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)

Derived terms

• grønnkål
• kålrot
• rosenkål

References

• “kål” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• klå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

kål

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

• kaal

Etymology

From Old Norse kál n. Ultimately from Latin caulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/, (thick l) /koːɽ/
• Homophone: kol

Noun

kål m (definite singular kålen, indefinite plural kålar, definite plural kålane)

1. (usually collective, uncountable) cabbage (Brassica oleracea family)
2. (uncountable) soup made from cabbage

Usage notes

• Was considered grammatically neuter until the 1959 spelling reform.

Derived terms

• grønkål
• kålrot
• rosenkål

References

• “kål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kål”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “Kaal” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Anagrams

• klå

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

kål

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cawel, caul, cāl, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *kaw(ǝ)l or *kowos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl
• Homophone: kol (in standard language and most dialects)

Noun

kål c (uncountable)

1. cabbage; edible plants of the species Brassica oleracea; more generally any plant in the genus Brassica

Declension

Declension of kål

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kål	kåls
	definite	kålen	kålens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• blomkål
• brunkål
• brysselkål
• fänkål
• grönkål
• kinakål
• kirskål
• kåldolme
• kålhuvud
• kålpudding
• kålrabbi
• kålrot
• kålsoppa
• långkål
• rödkål
• salladskål
• savojkål
• sellerikål
• spetskål
• surkål
• ta kål på
• vitkål

References

• kål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kål in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• klå